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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Sep 11, 2013 - 12:13pm PT
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off,
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 11, 2013 - 12:20pm PT
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Me too! Card carrying member :D
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sep 11, 2013 - 01:18pm PT
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Marc's been killing it this summer! Great kid too, humble, funny. I was stoked when he went to the valley this spring. I knew it would up his game.
Marc doesn't have a death wish as far as i can tell, he's been going hard and fast at this game since he was a kid, and this is just the next logical progression for him. He climbs lots and climbs hard, so a 5.10+, 5.11 hour is pretty mellow.
Keep it up Marc! Stay safe!
Mike
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2013 - 02:53pm PT
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Can't say in over 35 years of climbing that I've ever cared how quickly I climbed something.
Never been caught in a storm on a big cliff or in the mountains?
I've always strived to be more time efficient both in the climbing and rope management aspects. (Work in progress)
I think speed equals safety, on any big cliff or in the mountains, as long as your not rushing it.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 11, 2013 - 02:58pm PT
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My alpine background stays with me on rock climbs. Always checking my watch, trying to be efficent and fast....the only thing i don't do is look over my shoulder to see if a storm is streaking across the ice cap.
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brownie
Trad climber
squamish
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Sep 11, 2013 - 03:42pm PT
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it would suck to be one of those people who gets unstoked by other peoples stoke..
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Sep 11, 2013 - 03:46pm PT
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You mean like whiner^^^
Agreed
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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Sep 11, 2013 - 03:46pm PT
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Who said she's enabling anything? Marc has been climbing long enough that I'm pretty sure he's confident in his abilities, and knows his limits. There is no reason to hate or be rude.
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brownie
Trad climber
squamish
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Sep 11, 2013 - 04:03pm PT
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as we like to say here in squambodia(in between "yer gonna die" and "climb weenie climb!")
if ya can't be safe...
at least be careful.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Sep 11, 2013 - 11:50pm PT
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Climbing is often about playing the game in the way that's most meaningful for you at the time.
There are a lot of variations on the theme and when the stakes are high, you try to be honest about the consequences and true to yourself.
Nice work Marc, I assume you felt solid.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 12, 2013 - 12:06am PT
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Tammi - Good job enabling a young kid to risk his life for absolutely nothing. When was the last time you even climbed? Let alone solo anything
dude, did u really post this? appreciate the passion. but calm the f*#k down.
in good conditions (dry rc), a fast solo of grand would be way less dicey than most of what gets done up high on technical expedition crap. don't know the dude, but good on him. the "record" in the thread title seems a bit over the top.
and if tami's current job is anything like the one i had as a gymnastics coach (and i expect that the circus version is way gnarlier), then she's vastly over qualified for this thread.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Sep 12, 2013 - 12:17am PT
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Riley. Quit being fat and bitter. Some people are bad ass. You are not. Go for a jog or something. I would say eat a snickers but I doubt that would help.
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Sep 12, 2013 - 12:18am PT
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Hey Brownie. I'm stoked. Let's go!
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Sep 12, 2013 - 01:34am PT
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Riley. Quit being fat and bitter. Some people are bad ass. You are not. Go for a jog or something. I would say eat a snickers but I doubt that would help.
LOL!! Now that's solid. At least I'm only fat.
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Sep 12, 2013 - 01:40am PT
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I think Rilleey is on to something. Let's all bash on Tammie Nite. Stupid rat drawrer. Cat pedder. Used to climb a lot then joined a circus. Jerk.
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2013 - 01:52am PT
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the "record" in the thread title seems a bit over the top.
"Speed climbing "El Cap" is also popular. The RECORD for the Nose has changed hands several times in the past few years. The RECORD currently belongs to Alex Honnold and Hans Florine, who broke the previous RECORD by almost 13 minutes, with a time 2:23.46 on June 17, 2012.[24]
On November 6, 2010, Dean Potter and Sean Leary established the previous RECORD at 2:36.45, breaking the old RECORD held by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama by a mere 20 seconds.[25] Prior to that, the Huber brothers (Alexander and Thomas) held the RECORD time of 2:45.45 (2007).[26]
There are more than 100 different routes on El Capitan and most of them have some kind of speed RECORD attached to them. Ammon McNeely owns the most RECORDS on El Cap, 23 RECORDS in total, 13 of them being First One Day Ascents."
Grand wall is no different than the nose in the fact that people continuously improve on the time taken to climb it.
What word do you suggest I use to indicate a faster time was achieved if using the word record is over the top.
How's this,
Someone climbed the Grand wall faster than anyone else before and on the last pitch he climbed over the top
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Sep 12, 2013 - 01:57am PT
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The word "record" suits Yosemite just fine Harry. I think in Squamish, we are more "cassette tape" or "lazer disk" maybe.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 12, 2013 - 01:59am PT
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Stupid rat drawrer. Cat pedder. Used to climb a lot then joined a circus. Jerk.
Yeah! Tammy Night is a stupid bird-doo head. I already called her "toilet face" on another thread. And she never climbed anything anyway, or even knew anybody who soloed anything.
But just for Riley's information, I saw Ms. Knight pop a crampon off her boot while soloing a steep ice runnel at the top of a 3,000-foot face in the middle of a f*#king Force 8 winter storm. I don't think there are a lot of people who would have survived that, but she's still here. (And it wasn't me who saved her -- I was below, and had the rope in my pack. She was totally on her own with that one.)
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 12, 2013 - 05:31am PT
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have fun when climbing
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Sep 12, 2013 - 06:59am PT
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G'Dammit, all that hunting around for Riley's post and it's not even here anymore?
Well, I guess folks saved the crux of it for us anyway.
Does this mean that Tami's tougher than Riley is, cuz her sh#t is still here?
Anyway, hat's off to the dude that climbed fast.
Keep it real.
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